Wednesday, October 26, 2011

The Damien-English Dictionary

The complete vocabulary

  • Mama – Mommy (also used to identify an iPhone)
  • Dada – Daddy/Donald
  • Dadeye – Strawberry
  • Nana – Banana
  • Appo – Apple
  • Ba-ba – Bottle
  • Deedy – Mickey/Teddy
  • Neeny/Ninny – Minnie
  • Bubo – Pluto
  • Doody – Goofy
  • Daisy – Daisy Duck
  • Pete – Pete the Cat
  • Ohtoo – Toodles (Oh Toodles!)
  • Adda/Addeye – Anthony
  • Beeby – Baby (used interchangeably with Anthony for any baby/doll-like object)
  • C-A-T Cat – Cat
  • Mow/Mowf – Mouse
  • Esseh – Elephant
  • Giwah – Giraffe
  • Bee – Bear
  • Meow, Woof, Moo, Baa-a-a, Neigh, Oink, Qua (quack), Do-do-dooo (Cocka-doodle-doo), Twee (tweet, squeak), Roar, Gwah (growl), Ribbit, Hoot, Oo-ah-ah (howler monkey) – Various animal noises
  • Ohwy – (Oh Really?) Snowy Owl sound
  • Yahwy – (Ya Really!) Horned Owl sound
  • Dadum, dadum, dadum, dadum – Shark noises
  • Voom voom – Car sound effect
  • Choo choo – Train sound effect
  • Dwuh – Truck (no F-bombs from our little one)
  • Uh-oh, Oh no! – Various exclamations (usually said with hands on side of head or on cheeks)
  • Night-night! – Goodnight
  • Hi – Hello
  • Bye – Goodbye
  • Aww – What he says when leaning in for a hug
  • Yay! (clapping) – Used after a song
  • Wuh, Two, Twee, Fo, Fi, Si, Sehseh, Ay, Ni, Ten, Lehveh, Twev, Tootee, Fotee, Fitee, Sitee, Sehtee, Aytee, Nitee, Twehtee! – Numbers
  • Weh, Ownh (nasally grunt at the end), Yewo, Gwee, Boo, Popo, Bwa, Why – Colors
  • Whasa? – What's that?
  • Hussssssssss – The old woman whispering "hush"
  • Up, UP, UP! – Where the Snort takes the Baby Bird
  • Boo (short oo) – Book
  • Boo! (long oo) – Boo!
  • Deedoo! – Peekaboo!
  • Yoda, Ahtoo – Star Wars characters
  • Bah – Ball
  • Bwah – Block
  • Soosoo – Circle
  • Suhsuhsuh – Cylinder
  • Cue – Cube
  • Twiah – Triangle
  • Eye, No, Mouf, Ee (ear), Heh (head/hair), Chee (cheek), Teef, Knee, Foo, Toe – Body parts
  • Fafa, suh, *kiss* – The Sign of the Cross, kissing the Rosary at the end
Further bulletins as events warrant.

1 Witless Retort(s):

  1. Ehbow - elbow
    Nose - Nose
    Hah - Hand

    Working on Tummy and Bellybutton. He can point them out, but he's not yet sure about saying the words.

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